"Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" is the title of a song written by Troy Jones and recorded by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Billy Currington

Billy Currington

William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself...

. It was released in May 2010 as the lead-off single to Currington's fourth studio album entitled Enjoy Yourself

Enjoy Yourself (Billy Currington album)

Upon its release, Enjoy Yourself received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable...

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Content

The song is an up-tempo tune, in which the narrator claims that he’s not good at most of the normal things that men are known for: fixing cars, mowing grass, working hard, and cleaning windows, etc., but he is "pretty good at drinkin' beer".

Critical reception

Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four out of five stars, and said that the song is "another pleasing, low-key charmer in a rapidly growing repertoire." Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ and a positive review, stating that compared to other drinking songs, "this one matches the pace of the kind of drinking he’s talking about." Karlie Justus of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down, saying that it "plods in circles without any sort of reward for listeners" and that its lyrics were "neither memorable or catchy," but also said that its "honesty and simplicity boosts its authenticity."

Music video

The music video was directed by Potsy Ponciroli and premiered in July 2010. It shows a middle-aged overweight man going to a pool party, presumed to be for his girlfriend, named Cindy in the video. It starts with a short prologue, showing the guy getting ready for the party, by putting on clothes, stretching, and circling his calendar. It then cuts to the party, where he and a bunch of girls are enjoying themselves. Billy is seen performing with a guitar at poolside throughout the video. The video ends with him (the main character) winning a game of beer-pong, and then being pushed out, happily, by the women. It was filmed at a house in Nashville over an 8-hour period. The main character is played by the video's producer, who volunteered to be in it.

Chart performance

"Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts on the week ending June 5, 2010. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at No. 83 on the week ending June 19, 2010. It also debuted at No. 94 on the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 chart for the week of July 17, 2010. In September, it became his fifth No. 1 hit, spending one week at No. 1.
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Chart (2010)	Peak position